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LIGHTS ARE OUT ANO LID IS DOWNIn French Lick And West Baden«Casino*.—Absolutely No Gambling At The Resorts.From the Courier-Journal.West Baden, Ind., Dec. 11.— •T He lights are out and the doors are locked at the gambling casinos at West Baden and French Lick Springs, and in the'se magnificently appointed places of chance where the goddess offortune has been wooed by allclasses and conditions of per sons lor years, the click of the roulette wheel, the monotonous call of the croupiers, the fog-hornvoice of the telegraph operator reading the returns ,from the race tracks all over the country, tbe whirr of the Slot machines and other devices are stilled and ■ the rooms present a forlorn and deserted appearance.Ed Ballard's word is as good as his bond, and when he gave bis word to Gov. Hanly that so far as he was concerned, gambling would cease at both the health resorts on December 10, he meant it and carried it into complete and full effect. Not even a slot machine was in commission today and public gaming is a thing of the past at the two resorts. Both club rooms had large and expensive pay rolls and locally speaking they will be badly missed. Ed Ballard has business interests at Hot Springs and will spend tbe winter months at that place. Joe Yeager, the well-known plunger, bas been associated with Ballard in the conduct of the rooms at these resorts and will devote his attention to his stable of running horses on the Southern tracks this winter.Today’s trains took tbe small army of clubhouse employes, now out of employment, to their homes all over the country. Large numbers of guests of the two resorts who were regular patrons also left disappointed at being deprived of tbeir daily forms of amusement, and tbe resorts are feeling the action of the Governor pretty strongly. It is said that the open gaming that bas been carried on in tbe towns of West Baden and French Lick, and also in the numerous saloons, will next receive attention unless they are conducted in the futurein compliance with the law. There is no mistake this time about the lid being on good and tight on gaming at West Baden and French Lick Springs.
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Orleans Progress Examiner
Orleans, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 14, 1905
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